Author Archives: Wilbur's Travels
King of the Asian Castles
Everybody loves a castle or a fort. We imagine knights on horseback, lowering the drawbridge & portcullis, a battering ram, catapult, perhaps even crocodiles in the moat. The truth of course is that they were brutal places. Built to be impregnable, usually somewhere high up, they could reign terror on any attackers – arrows, boiling […]
Kigali Colour
The capital of Rwanda is full of surprises. The colourful district of Umutima affords great city views, some eclectic street art and an array of colourful produce.
I Mean Business – Santiago de Cuba
Caribbeans have a reputation for being laid back, personified by reggae & weed. Cubans definitely buck that image as hardworking & resourceful citizens, although of course they love their music & dance. However Cuban dance is far more rigorous than its Jamaican counterpart. Salsa owes much of its roots to Cuba with rumba, cha-cha-cha, pachanga, mambo, and many […]
Syrian Girl
A beautiful young Syrian girl who enchanted me on a train from Aleppo to Latakia in 2009.
Bergen Weekend
I ❤️ Norway. After last year’s weekend in Stavanger it was Bergen’s turn this year. I had been twice before in 1992 & 2022 but this did not detract from my latest visit, this time with my big sister. We packed a lot in. Thursday afternoon This was spent reorienting and visiting the World Heritage […]
2025 Gone, 2026 Beckons
2025 was a big year for me as it contained a landmark birthday and my silver wedding anniversary. I was to spend my birthday on a ship on the Caribbean Sea. 2025 January Caribbean Cruise For the first time I took a cruise in order to get some winter sunshine. The 2,000 passenger Marella Voyager […]
Crossing the Equator
The equator is straddled by thirteen countries. One of them is Uganda, which is where I crossed the dividing line between the hemispheres overland for the first time in 2025. Can you name the other twelve equatorial countries? Reveal at the end of this post. Kayabwe, Uganda We stopped off on our journey to Entebbe […]
